Stove



H. C. REUTER.

I STOVE.

APPLICATION FILED IIILY 29, 1920.

Patented Sept. 13, 1921.v

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sTovE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1920.

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Application mea'iriy a9, 1920. Seria1N0.'399,759.

To allwkom t may concern.' g

Be it known that I, HENRY C. RBUTEB, a citizen oftheUnited States, and aresident of Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves, of which thefollowing is a specification. v

' My invention relates to a stove, provided with a Chamber in which foodproducts', for example, meat, fowlfand lish may be baked or roasted. I l

My invention has vfor its' object theV pro-r vision of animprovedconstruction, arrangement and operation which, with very little fuelconsumption,'willenable one'l to secure desirable and important resultsinthe baking or roasting'of the meat,'or other material. One of theresults which i's'attained by the use of my Vimproved construction isthe elimination of the nee'ssity for basting the meat, fowl, fish orother material. This, and other important results, are secured from theuse of a plentiful supply of moisture whichV is obtained through theutilization of steam which Hows to the interior of the stove, and )maybe obtained from anyv suitable source.; y' In the preferred embodifment, illustrated, the steam is supplied from a water-jacket,` employedin vmy improved construction, vthrough pipes Iterminating in theinterior ofthe stove, and I also employ a fresh air vintake at thebottom of the Sto-ve by leaving the bottom of the stove thereof entirelyopen and freeV for the admission of fresh air. This steam, togetherVwith the the inner walls` of the water-jacket assists in producinguniformbaking and roasting of the material,'with a small amount of lossof weightor shrinkage of the material, thus enabling lthe valuablejuicespof the foods to be retained and consequently improving the tasteand making the foods tender, juicy and palatable. i

Other g Closed in my improved Construction will be apparent from thedrawings and from thel following description ofthe stove and statementof its operation.

`In thedrawings:

Figure lis a frontjelevational View of my improved stove, showingportions of the water-,jacket and steam pipesl'eading therefrom indotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a plan viewv of Dl'y ,imPI'QVd objects of the invention asdis! stove,"partly A'in 'section and with the top cover removed. Fig. 3isa sectionalvie Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional View ony line*4-'-4 yof Fig-2. I vThe stove of my'invention oomp'ris'esa rectangular 'structure yhavingthe front wall 10,side walls'll and'12, andthe rearw'all 13, which.l arev formed ywithouter 'and` vinner on lines 3"- 3 fof 4 'PatentedSept.*13,*.1921.l l

sections 14 and 15, respeetively,'and arev prof;

vided with heat insulating material, siichas' asbestos, 16, betweensaidouter andin'ner sections..l A door, 17,*i`s placed in the front wallof the stove.` This dooris also formed with outer-and innerseotionshwith asbestos material between. 'j The door is j provided withthe yhandle 18. -At the upperV Central portion of the door istheoutwardly extend# ingportion 19 o f theplate 20 located inthe centralupper portion of the door .17,- Vwhich is'eaught and 7Vf'rictionallyhel'dby'the forked f extension 21 ofthe plate 22 secured to the centralupperpart ef the 'front wall. f The door is hung at its two lowercornersinthe pivotL supports `23 and 24. These vpivot snp-` ports have ledges,on the vfaces yof which the door restswhen Vit is hperl. f

Within the Stove and` adjacentes' at@ j l a5' .l

side walls and' the rear 'wall' provideda continuous and unitaryreceptacle 25 to contain water and 4forming a vwaterjau'zket forthestove.` l

The stove issupported by Vthe four` legsVV 26,27, 28 and 29. Secured tothe legs 4are the'k angle supports 30 which serveto support the wallsofthe stoveand the Water-jacket 25; A.Y Combined water inlet and outletpipe 31 is shown near the bottom of thel right hand side of the stove.The 4controlmechanism to permit the filling of thewaterj'acket'and thedraining thereof is, not shown;

Connected with the water-jacket I-'show a plurality of steampipes, 32aind`33, in the present case two of suchpi'pes; These extend from thetopofthe water-jacket in the sov interior of theistove, over, the topl of,thev

water-j acket., v'throughthe inner wall sections 15, the heat insulatingmateriall or Vasbestos l rds stove, and are the'nbent upwardly inlet/hefextended portiognsBZ and 33 into the'intethe extension pipes 32 and 33on the exte- Cri ' each other.

' respectively.

rior of the stove exposed to the atmosphere,

the steam will be somewhat cooled, and that to the mechanic skilled inthe art of stove manufacture, various modifications of the constructionillustrated will readily suggest themselves, as for example,-ru-nningthe extensions 32 and 33 inside instead of outside the stove. i. Y D YVNear the bottom of the inner wall sections, and lying in the samelongitudinal planeon all sides of .the .interior of the stove,.areplaced burner tubes 34, 35 and 36. These burner tubes are supported bythe requisite number'of bracket' supports 37. I provide a separateburner pipe 34 adjacent the vfront wall of the stove, a separate burnerypipe 35 adjacent the one side of the stoveand extending adjacent therear wall of thestove to nearly the center thereof, and I ,provide athird separate burner pipe 36 adjacent the opposite side of the stoveand extending adjacent thel rear wall of the stove tonearly the centerthereof. The closed ends of the burners 35 and 36 do not touch eachother but are closely adjacent It will be seen that the fuel or flameopenings -37 in the burner pipe 34 open inwardly and away from the frontwally, while the `fuel or flame openings 38 and 39 of the burner pipes35 and 36, re spectfully, open to the side and rear walls,

Gas'is supplied to the burners 34, 35 and 36 through the main gas supplypipe or manifold and flowstherefromto the burner pipes 34, 35 and 36through the leads 41, 42 and 43, respectively. The manifold 40 issupplied with valves 44 and the leads are supplied with the mixers orcarbureting mechanism 45. It'will be apparent that with thislarrangement I maydgnite the fuel in any-one of the burners 34. 35 and36, or any two,or all of them, as desired.

On the inside walls of the side walls of the water-jacket I secure gridsupports consisting of the `vertical bars V46 to= which I secure aplurality of horizontal guide bars 47. vGrrids 48, upon which the foodmay be placed for baking or roasting, are slidably and removably securedin the guide bars 47.

Mystove is provided with a top 49 and the concave domedceiling 50.Between the top 49 and-the ceilingr50 I have placed insulating materialsuch as asbestos V51. I form the domed ceiling 50, as moreparticularly'shown in Fig 3, to provide an inner defiecting surfaceatthe top of the interior of the stove. In Fig. 1, I have shown thefront face of the stove raised beyond a line of the top 49 to form theportion 52 of the front. VBeneath this, and shown resting on the top 49,is the drip pan 53'which will serve to catch the drippings and othermaterial from a gas plate (not shown) which may readily be placed on thetop of my stove. f 1

Arrangedl along the central longitudinal line, and extending therefromto the rear of the stove and into the chimney, (not shown), I have shownthe iiue 54. The central longitudinal portion of the flue is providedwith a plurality of vent openings 55, controlled by the slide damper 56.In one of the walls and connected with the water-jacket I have shown athermometer 57. Beneath the stove., and in the opening at the bottom, Ihave'placed a drip rpan 58. While Ihave shown a singley and unitary drippan it will be understood that a plurality of drip pans maybe provided.

illustrated in thevdrawings and described herein, I may employ awater-jacket composed of piping, or other suitable formatiom for thepurpose desired.

The stove of my invention. may be modifiedV to use electricity forlheating instead of gas as I have illustrated and described it.

It will be noted that my stove is insulated on all four sides and thetop with insulating material, such as asbestos, and that it iswater-jacketed on three sides of its interior.

Although I have not shown it in rthe drawings, a water-gage may belemployed to indi? cate the level of water in the water-jacket-Referring` to the operation 'of my stove, air enters the Vstove at thebottom thereof which is entirely'open and free for its admission Whenthe burners are lighted the air, entering' at the bottom below the'burners, ,as it is heated yrises to the top and will bev deflectedtowardthe center of the stove by the curved or domed ceiling and willflowdownwardly and out again at the bottom of the stove. 4To be certainthaty enough moisture is always provided within the interior of thestove the steam. pipes 32 and 33, terminating in nozzles at the end ofthe extensions 32 and 33, are provided. Any excess moisture in the airwill be condensed against the surface of the water-jacket to be taken upagain by the Vair as required. 1 On account of such condensation` theair flowing up along the water-jacketed walls will be cooler than theair near the unjacketed wall 10 and the door 17 but at the top of theinterior of the stove they will mix and intermingle and will circulateabout the material on the grids to effect uniform baking or roastinguand will thenl pass out of the stove at the bottom. There will be justsuiiicientmoisture in the mixture to prevent the moisture and juices inthevfood from being driven out by the heat, thereby preventing shrinkageand loss in weight. If high heat is desired the vent openings 55, in theflue 54 are closed and the door 17 is closed so that all the heat willpass upwardly and downwardly through the interior and around thevmaterialy to be treated. If less heat is desired, the damper 56 can beadjusted to open the vents 55 accordingly, so that part of the heat canescape at the upper end of the interior, or the door 17 can be opened topermit cool air to How into the interior, above Vthe burners, to minglewith the heated air to keep it from becoming too hot; By turning on thegas as desired, and utilizing one, two, or three burners, and byadjusting the vdoor and the vent openings, the stove can be regulated toa nicety to bake or roast under different degrees of heat or to bake orroast rapidly or more slowly depending upon the nature of the materialto be treated.

I do not desire to be limited tothe exact construction, arrangement andoperation shown and described, as changes and modifications may bepossible which would still come within the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A stove comprising an insulated chamber closed at its top andentirely open to the air at its lower end, and having a door, a waterjacket lining within the chamber, heat generating means within the lowerpart of the chamber and means for supplying steam vapor from the wateracket to the interior of the chamber.

2. A stove comprising an insulated chamber closed at its top andentirely open to the air at its lower end, and having a door, a waterjacket lining within the chamber, heat generating means within the lowerpart of the chamber and means for supplying steam vapor from the waterjacket to the interior of the chamber, substantially adjacent to theheat generating means.

3. A stove comprising an insulated chamber closed at its top andentirely open to the air at its lower end, and having a door, a waterjacket lining within the chamber, heat generating means within the lowerpart of Vthe chamber and means for supplying steam vapor from the waterjacket to the interior of the chamber, substantially adjacent to theheat generating means, the top being provided with a dampered ventopening.

4. A stove comprising a food receiving chamber interiorly water jaoketedand having a closed top and a door both unjacketed and being entirelyopento the air at its lower end, heat applying means in the chamber andmeans for supplying steam vapor from the water jacket to the lower partof the interior of said chamber near the conduit opening.

5. A stove comprising a food lreceivingV chamber rectangular in shapeand insulated and water acketed walls, insulated top and an insulateddoor, legs supporting the chamber, heat generating means located withinthe lower part of said chamber, a vent in the" top, and means forconducting vapor from the water jacket to the interior of the chamber,the chamber being entirely open at it bottom.

6. A stove comprising ya sheet metal rectangularchamber having a doorand an insulatedclosed and arched top, and entirely Y open to the air atits lower end, a water jacket extending interiorly of its rear and twoside walls, insulation between said jacket and said walls, insulationfor the front wall and the door, a heat supplying burner within thelowerpart of the chamber, a vent leading from the top of the chamber,and means for supplying steam vapor from the water jacket to the lowerpart of the chamber.

7. In a stove of the class described,the

-justable vent openings, a slide damper to control said vent openings,grids above the burners to support material to be treated,

and supports for said grids.

8. In a stove of the class described, the combination of la body partcomprising four walls with insulated material between the inner andouter sections thereof, one of said walls including a door, a to-p,concave on its inside with insulating material between the inner andvouter sections thereof, a body part entirely open at its lower end forthe admission of air, a plurality of fuel burners in one planel near thelower end of the body part, a water-jacket, pipes from said waterjacketfor conveying steam tothe interior of the body part, which extend fromthe upper portion of the water-jacket, through the walls of the bodypart to the exterior thereof, and are returned through the opening, at

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the lower end of the body part and into the interior thereof above theplane of 'the burners, a flue, having adjustable' vent openings', aslide damper to control said vent openings, grids above the burners tosupport material to be treated, and supports for said grids. A

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 27th day ofJuly,`A. D. 1920.

HENRY C. REUTER.

